The Choctaw Native Americans hoped they would be able to keep their land because of the "Indian Removal Act," authorized by President Andrew Jackson on May 28th, 1830. It said that, "Lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within the existing state borders."
https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Indian.html
She was venerated by the town for her extensive charity work
His mistake had Blighted his career in the government forever.
